News – Page 1602
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NewsPersonal health plans for injured soldiers
Improved NHS mental health services for soldiers returning from Afghanistan was one of the plans announced by the government in a bid to provide better care for war veterans.
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NewsDignity in care funding announced
A “bright ideas grant” to help support innovative projects that promote dignity in care has been launched by the Department of Health.
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NewsGas supply restriction looms for 100 NHS trusts
Approximately 100 NHS organisations could see their gas supply disrupted if soaring consumption leads to restrictions on gas use.
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NewsBME network announces launch conference
The NHS’s national black and minority ethnic network is to mark its launch with a conference later this year.
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NewsAbolishing NHS targets will reduce need for managers, David Cameron says
Abolishing the target culture in the NHS will reduce the need for “managers and bureaucrats”, Conservative Party leader David Cameron has said.
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NewsCombat Stress charity in mental health trust tie-up
Staff from the Combat Stress charity are to work in NHS mental health trusts in a bid to improve treatment offered to traumatised soldiers, the government is expected to announce.
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NewsCall to fine drunk NHS patients
A right wing think tank has called for drunk NHS patients to be fined and prescriptions for common pain killers to be scrapped.
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NewsClinical portal to 'revolutionise NHS IT'
Health professionals will be able to retrieve information about patients quickly and securely through a new computer system, the Welsh Assembly has said.
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NewsCost of hospital thefts revealed
Items worth more than £900,000 have been lost or stolen from Scotland’s hospitals in the last two years, it has been disclosed.
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NewsAmbulance Service Network director leaves to fight Hewitt seat
Ambulance Service Network director Liz Kendall has resigned after being selected to fight the parliamentary seat held by Patricia Hewitt for the Labour Party.
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NewsFive firms and one FT shortlisted to take over NHS hospital
One foundation trust and five independent providers have been shortlisted as potential bidders for a franchise to run an NHS hospital in the East of England.
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NewsMPs call for minimum alcohol pricing
Minimum pricing for alcoholic drinks, mandatory health warnings on labels and a rise in tax on spirits should be introduced to stem a “shocking” rise in alcohol misuse in England, an MPs’ report has said.
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NewsAmbulance service in non-emergency appeal
Ambulance service chiefs in Wales are urging the public only to make 999 calls for genuine life-threatening emergencies as winter pressures intensify.
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NewsWork needed at Basildon and Thurrock - Andy Burnham
More work needs to be done to improve standards at a scandal-hit NHS foundation trust, health secretary Andy Burnham has told MPs.
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NewsAndy Burnham warns of limits to localism in social care
Andy Burnham has warned there are limits to localism in social care provision, insisting users regard fairness as more important than devolution.
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NewsFSA launches criminal probe into ex-iSoft bosses
The Financial Services Authority has started criminal proceedings against four former directors of iSoft, an IT firm involved in the NHS IT programme.
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NewsMore hospitals hit by winter weather
Unprecedented levels of snowfall have caused chaos for hospitals across the country.
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NewsPCTs falling behind on maternity access
More than a third of primary care trusts are failing to meet a key maternity services access target, despite claiming they have met the government’s flagship “choice guarantees” for pregnant women.
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NewsNHS at centre of Tories’ election campaign
The Conservative Party has placed the NHS at the centre of its newly launched election campaign with a “realistic” draft health manifesto that scales down several earlier pledges.
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NewsNHS trusts count cost of free parking
Plans to phase out hospital car parking charges for a significant proportion of patients will cost NHS organisations up to £140m a year.